Hainina is an extinct mammal

Mammal

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 genus

Genus

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 from the Upper Cretaceous

Cretaceous

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 to the Paleocene

Paleocene

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 of Europe

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. Though small, it outsurvived the final dinosaur

Dinosaur

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Genus

The genus Hainina ("from Hainin") was named by Vianey-Liaud M. in 1979. This genus was originally referred to as Cimolomyidae

Cimolomyidae

Cimolomyidae is a family of fossil mammal within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene of North America and perhaps Mongolia. The family is part of the suborder Cimolodonta. Other than that, their systematic relationships are hard...

. "We assign Hainina to the Kogaionidae

Kogaionidae

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 (superfamily incertae sedis); it differs from Kogaionon in having ornamented enamel, while the enamel is smooth in Kogaionon," (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p.409). Material has also been reported from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania

Romania

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Species

• Species: Hainina belgica Vianey-Liaud M., 1979
  • Place: Paleocene of Hainin, Belgium
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• Species: Hainina godfriauxi Vianey-Liaud M., 1979
  • Place: Paleocene of Hainin, Belgium

• Species: Hainina pyrenaica Peláez-Campomanes P., Damms R., López-Martinen N. & Àlvarez-Sierra M.A., 2000
  • Place: Lower Paleocene of the Tremp Basin, in the southern Pyrenees
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     of Spain
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• Species: Hainina vianeyae Peláez-Campomanes P., Damms R., López-Martinen N. & Àlvarez-Sierra M.A., 2000
  • Place: Upper Paleocene of Cernay, France
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